Summative vs. Formative Assessment
Summative assessments are designed to evaluate student learning according to a benchmark. These high stakes assessments contribute to a student’s final grade and include midterms,...
Students learn best when they are in a positive and safe environment that engages and challenges them intellectually. The following teaching tips are a mix of self-paced modules, recorded presentations and workshops, handbooks, guides, and articles created by us, other institutions, and thought leaders, to enhance teaching, engage students, and create innovative instruction for student success and educational excellence.
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Teaching Large Classes
Teaching a large class poses many challenges. They can promote student disengagement and feelings of alienation, which can lead to behaviors that both reflect and...
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Flipped Classroom
Due to the recent climate, WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ASYNCHRONOUS TEACHING, even if your modality includes synchronous options. Why? To be considerate of your students’ needs. Those...
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Cooperative Learning
Cooperative learning allows students to share ownership of learning and knowledge through collaboration and teamwork. This instructional strategy features shared learning goals and a requirement...
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Creating a Productive Learning Environment
Students learn best when they are in a positive and safe environment that engages and challenges them intellectually. Create a community of learners. Provide opportunities...
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Student Success
UTSA is dedicated to the academic advancement and life-long success of our students. This site provides faculty with tips and resources to help ensure their...
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Managing the Learning Environment
Classroom management strategies are an important element of effective instruction. Expectations for behavior, as well as consequences for not meeting expectations, should be discussed at...
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Grading and Ungrading
Grades are a necessary part of the college experience, but they don’t have to be counterproductive if students know what to expect. Below are some...
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Authentic Assessments
Authentic assessments provide learners with opportunities to apply what they learned to different real world experiences and develop marketable and transferable skills, including those defined by...
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Rubrics
Rubrics provide structure and information that both students and faculty value. For students, rubrics take the guesswork out of how faculty evaluate their work. For...